There has been a lot of controversy in the most recent AFC championship game between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts. According to NFL sources, the New England Patriots deflated 11 of the 12 game balls given to them by 2 pounds. This would clearly give an advantage to New England quarterback Tom Brady, however slight that advantage may be. The score of the game ended up being 45-7 in favor of the Patriots. Regardless of the deflated footballs, the New England Patriots were the better team in that game. That is besides the point. The Patriots had no need to deflate footballs. Even one of the Indianapolis Colt's tight ends even tweeted something along the lines of the patriots could have used bars of soap and still won.
The main issue with Deflategate is the ethics of the situation. Bill Belichick, the head coach of the New England Patriots, has been known to cheat or perform sketchy acts in the past. He was disciplined years ago for spying on opposing coaches play books during the games. This has been known as Spygate. Back to the ethical issues with Deflategate: the fact that there was no need to deflate footballs is a huge issue. This whole scenario is another act of shady behavior by the Patriots. Many people believe that the Patriots should forfeit the Superbowl. This may be a bit harsh. They should definitely be disciplined in the form of draft picks and fines.
For any possible future scams that the Patriots may be involved in, Deflategate should be considered the final straw. They cannot keep breaking the rules and getting away with it. The next time something like this happens, the NFL should put their foot down and dish out some serious punishment.